‘We Have a Lot to Learn’: Ex-Linklaters Arbitration Head on Launching a New Firm

The team at Audit Duprey Fekl. L to R: Pierre Duprey (founding partner), Mathias Audit (founding partner), Morgane Le Duc (associate), Ana Maric (associate), Matthias Fekl (founding partner), Aly Eissa (associate) / Courtesy Photo

Not many law firms promote “obstinacy” as one of their selling points, or “humanity” as a core team value. But Audit Duprey Fekl, a new arbitration and litigation boutique launched this week in Paris, is trying to be a little different. The firm opens for business with three associates in addition to founding partners Mathias Audit, a law professor at the Sorbonne School of Law (University of Paris 1); Pierre Duprey, former co-head of global arbitration at Linklaters; and Matthias Fekl, a former French MP, interior minister and administrative judge.